Woman killed in crash with farm truck

A Brandon woman is dead after the pick-up truck in which she was riding crashed into the back of a large box-type farm truck, Middlebury Police said Sunday.

Police identified the woman as Mary Alberico, 47. She was pronounced dead on scene, police said.

Alberico was riding in a pick-up truck driven by her husband, Donald Castonguay, 57, of Brandon when the crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday.

Preliminary investigation showed that the farm truck was traveling north on U.S. 7 after turning off Three Miles Bridge Road. The pick-up truck driven by Castonguay was also traveling north, approaching the rear of the farm truck, police said.

The right front side of the pick-up truck eventually collided with the back left portion of the farm truck, pinning Alberico into the truck, police said.

Castonguay was initially transported to Porter Hospital in Middlebury, but was subsequently brought to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington for treatment.

Castonguay was listed in good condition at the UVM Medical Center on Sunday afternoon, a hospital spokesperson said.

Police did not say whether the farm truck was stopped or still moving when the crash occurred. An effort to reach Middlebury police early Sunday afternoon was unsuccessful.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

A portion of U.S. 7 was closed and traffic diverted for about three hours, police said.

Middlebury Regional Emergency Medical Services, the Middlebury Fire Department and Vermont State Police responded to the scene for assistance.

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